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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Karl Matchett

Where does Mohamed Salah stand in Liverpool’s pantheon of Premier League greats?

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For decades now, Liverpool attackers and their penalty box prowess have been measured on a scale of ‘one’ to ‘Robbie Fowler’.

The iconic Toxteth Terror, later rechristened God by those in the stands and on the training ground with him, was the fastest player to reach 100 goals for Liverpool and provided moments of magic during a difficult time for the club, as they fell back away from the country’s top sides during the 1990s. He has largely always been heralded as the greatest finisher seen at L4 in the current era, even as newer players arrived with perhaps other strings to their bow.

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